He starts reading first, though, so the tenses have to show that. The can make negative contractions of the verb to be in the past tense by joining the verb was or were and nt e. Be verb past 16 question strips adapted from the below bottom of this page pair work activity. We dont make a contraction of the subject and the verb e. As linking verb in simple present with an adjective or a noun or noun phrase. Make the past simple use positive negative or question 1. Before conjugating the verb in its present and past tenses, its important to understand what this verb does. Students will have to know the use of verb to be in past. To be past worksheets pdf, handouts, printable exercises. We make the past tense of the verb be with was and were.
You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. To be is a stative verb, meaning, it refers to the way things aretheir appearance, state of being, and even their smell. English grammar for beginners regular verbs in past simple tense in this video you will learn how to form past simple verbs, and use them correctly. Practice writing sentences using the verb to be in past tense. Present ryan has been reading present perfect progressive for several hours, and he is getting present progressive hungry. Complete english irregular verb list free pdf download.
Verb to be past simple interactive and downloadable worksheet. As helping verb in one of the continuous tenses with ing. We never use a to be verb with another verb in the simple present. Past ryan had been reading past perfect progressive for several hours, and he was getting past progressive hungry. These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing. Past simple verb british council learnenglish kids.
Write the correct form of the verb to be in present tensee. Instead of using the infinitive form for the present tense and one word for each of the standard four forms infinitive, past tense, past participle, present participle, the verb to be uses three words to express present tense and two words to express past tense. V1 base form of verb, v2 past simple, v3 past participle. Negative form the negative form of simple past tense with to be can be made by adding not after the verb was or were. All examples are in affirmative sentences no negatives or questions as this is a first introduction to using to be. To be in the past tense and present tense in english. Verb to be worksheets pdf, handouts to print, printable.
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